_________________Stu Ward_________________Let thy food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be thy food.~HippocratesStrength is the adaptation that leads to all other adaptations that you really care about - Charles Staley_________________Thanks TimD

I think this hasn't really been thought through here. First off, no system really uses actual CALORIES. We use KCAL, which are kilocalories. But people refer to them as calories, maybe for convenience. I have serious doubts that ten reps of some exercise (lasting roughly under 30s) burns 500s. Given the fact that an average person has a resting metabolism of 2500kcal +/- a couple of hundred calories PER DAY. You'd add 500kcal of energy need with only one set? Think again.

After that, you haven't taken into account the time under tension. How does your math compare ten reps of barbell shrugs or limited ROM squats to 5s pause bench press or clean&jerk. What about the amount of muscle tissue involved? How much more calories do squats burn than biceps curls?

And this doesn't even cover the physiological effects resistance training has (The energy-metabolism, hormonal actions, protein synthesis, and $h1t.)

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